This text provides comprehensive coverage of research methods and statistics in a readable and student-friendly format.

A wide variety of methodologies-including descriptive, experimental and quasi-experimental research, historical studies, qualitative methods, and single subject designs-are covered. A complete range of research tools as well as descriptive and inferential statistics are also included, making this text the definitive resource for introductory research courses.

Research in Educationis divided into three parts: Part I, “Introduction to Educational Research,” focuses on the purpose of research, hypotheses, ethics in research, developing a research problem, and writing proposals and reports; Part II, “Research Methods,” is unique in that it integrates chapters on qualitative research methods, historical research, and single-subject methods with the more typical chapters on experimental methods; and Part III, “Data Analysis,” includes both descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as examples of analyses using a computer.

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· Chapters on research methodology (Chs. 4- use real research studies as examples of the most important designs.

· Numerous examples and questions at the end of each chapter assist students in understanding how concepts are related to practice.

· Published research articles follow each of the five methodology chapters (Chs. 4-.

· Chapter on computer data analysis (Ch. 12) demonstrates how SPSS is used to calculate the statistics explained in Chapters 10 and 11. All three data analysis chapters use numerous examples to demonstrate statistics.

· Appendix B contains a data set that students can use in the chapters on data analysis(Chs.10-12).

· An emphasis on validity (Ch. 9) as a unitary trait that is consistent with professional (AERA) standards. This newer perspective views validity in a way that many books have not yet incorporated.